2013 Malaysia Premier League

October 2022 150 Liga Premier 2013 Sarawak1st title SarawakSime Darby Kuala LumpurBetaria Sarawak 7–0 Betaria (17 May 2013) Kuala Lumpur 0–5 Sime Darby (17 May 2013) 8 goals UiTM 3-5 Sarawak (26 April 2013) 113 349 CRO Karlo Primorac (24 goals) 2012 2014 The 2013 Liga Premier (en 2013 Premier League), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2013 Liga Premier The season was held from 7 January and concluded on 5 July 2013. The Liga Premier champions for 2013 season was Sarawak. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2014 Liga Super. Team changes auto To Liga Premier Relegated from Liga Super Sarawak Kedah Sabah Kuala Lumpur Promoted from Liga FAM SPA 3em From Liga Premier Promoted to Liga Super ATM Pahang Relegated to Liga FAM MB Johor Bahru Team withdrawing MP Muar USM MB Johor Bahru Name changes Johor FA were merge with Johor FC and renamed to Johor (later as JDT II) and relocated to Pasir Gudang, Johor. Teams A total of twelve teams will contest the league. The teams competing includes the sides finishing 3rd to 6th from the 2012 Liga Premier season, Harimau Muda B who will stay in the league regardless of league position, the champion of 2012 Malaysia FAM League, and the bottom team from the 2012 Liga Super season. The remaining 5 places in the league will be contested in the playoff round between teams from Liga Super, Liga Premier and FAM League. FAM later decided to withdraw Harimau Muda B from the league and register them in the 2013 S.League, replacing Harimau Muda A who pulled out of the S.League to embark on a tour of friendly matches in Europe, and preparing them for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Perlis, who originally were relegated after finishing second bottom in 2012 Liga Premier, were reinstated in the league as a result of the withdrawal. Kuala Lumpur were relegated from 2012 Liga Super after finishing the season in the last place of the 14-team league table. Sarawak, Kedah and Sabah were also relegated after losing in the play-offs. 2012 Malaysia FAM League champions SPA secured direct promotion to this season Liga Premier. Meanwhile UiTM, the 3rd-place team in FAM League, were invited to replace USM FC, who were withdrawing from Liga Premier due to financial difficulties. Team summaries Stadium Team Team Based Stadium Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Betaria Tampin Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000 Johor Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000 Kedah Alor Star Alor Star Darulaman Stadium 32,387 Perlis Kangar Kangar Utama Negeri Stadium 20,000 Sabah Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 30,000 Sarawak Kuching Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur KLFA Stadium 18,000 PDRM Kuala Lumpur Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000 Pos Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Selayang Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium 25,000 Sime Darby Kuala Lumpur Selayang Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium 25,000 SPA Putrajaya Bangi Petronas Mini Stadium 3,000 UiTM Selangor Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000 Personnel and sponsoring Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBetariaMalaysia Azuan ZainMalaysia Muhd Shahrul Nizam Abdul HamidAdidasJohorMalaysia Azmi MohamedMalaysia Mohd Farid RamliKappaIskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)KedahCroatia Marijo TotMalaysia Baddrol BakhtiarLine 7PKNKKuala LumpurSlovakia Stanislav LievkoskyMalaysia Azizon Abdul KadirKronosRising Sun Travel & ToursPerlisMalaysia Yunus AlifGhana Emmanuel OkineWarriorsPDRMMalaysia R. NalathambyMalaysia Mohd Afif AmiruddinLine 7Pos MalaysiaMalaysia G. TorairajuMalaysia Abdullah YusoffKappaPos MalaysiaSabahNorthern Ireland David McCreeryWales Rhys WestonAdidasGrace OneSarawakNetherlands Robert AlbertsMalaysia Mohd Shahrol SaperiStarsportsNAIM Holdings BerhadSime DarbyMalaysia Ismail Zakaria KappaSime DarbySPAMalaysia Mohd Nizam JamilMalaysia Sazali SuwandiKappaUiTMMalaysia Azman Eusoff UmbroMinistry of Higher Education Coaching changes Pre-season Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointmentKuala LumpurMalaysia Razip Ismail13 November 2012http://www.espnstar.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item890479/Razip-dilantik-jurulatih-Harimau-Muda-B/ Berita Bola Sepak | Razip dilantik jurulatih Harimau Muda B | FOXSports.my 12 November 2012 https://archive.today/20130221060329/http://www.espnstar.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item890479/Razip-dilantik-jurulatih-Harimau-Muda-B/ 21 February 2013 dead Signed by Harimau Muda BSlovakia Stanislav Lievkosky4 December 2012 Foreign players Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Asian Players Betaria Slovakia Tomáš Chovanec Kenya Hillary Echesa None Johor Argentina Muriel Orlando Argentina Ezaquiel Gallegos None Kedah Chile Nelson San Martín Croatia Alen Guć None Kuala Lumpur CMR Kalle Sone None Perlis Ghana Denny Antwi Ghana Emmanuel Okine None PDRM Uganda Edrisar Kaye Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh None Pos Malaysia None None None Sabah France Abdulfatah Safi Ivory Coast Koh Traore None Sarawak Cameroon Guy Bwele Bosnia and Herzegovina Muamer Salibasic None Sime Darby Croatia Karlo Primorac Togo Togaba Kontiwa Komlan None SPA Cameroon Joël Tchami Guadeloupe Eddy Viator None UiTM Nigeria Koforowola Hameed Adewumi None None December 2012 League table main WDL PR SWK Sarawak SDA Sime Darby JHR Johor KED Kedah SAB Sabah POS Pos Malaysia PDRM PDRM SPA SPA UIT UiTM PER Perlis KLU Kuala Lumpur BET Betaria 18 4 0 49 12 C,P 17 3 2 51 12 P 14 3 5 58 23 13 3 6 38 19 9 3 10 42 46 7 6 9 24 28 7 4 11 41 39 6 5 11 29 38 6 5 11 22 35 6 4 12 27 42 4 2 16 21 58 R 2 4 16 13 63 R green1 Promotion to 2014 Liga Super P P red1 Relegation to 2014 Malaysia FAM League R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 5 July 2013 fam.org and Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Results main FBR grey BET JHR KED KLU PDRM PER POS SAB SWK SDA SPA UIT Betaria 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–6 0–2 0–1 Johor 43–2 1–0 5–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 6–1 1–2 0–0 5–1 2–0 Kedah 36–4 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 Kuala Lumpur 12–2 1–3 0–1 0–4 0–2 0–3 3–2 0–1 0–5 0–0 2–1 PDRM 15–4 2–3 2–0 4–1 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–11 0–2 3–3 0–0 Perlis 17–1 0–4 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 Pos Malaysia 14–0 0–2 1–5 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 Sabah 46–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 5–3 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–5 2–1 3–1 SWK 61–0 8–2 4–0 8–0 7–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 6–0 7–1 10–0 Sime Darby 53–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 Putrajaya SPA 10–3 1–3 1–2 1–3 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 UiTM 13–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–5 0–2 1–2 5 July 2013 Stadium Astro Season statistics Top scorers 22 May 2013Liga Super 2013 – Goal Scorers https://bolasepakm.blogspot.com/2013/01/senarai-penjaring-liga-premier-2013_13.html Liga Super 13 August 2011 2013 Liga Premier goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Malaysia Bobby GonzalesSarawak202Argentina Muriel OrlandoJohor173Ivory Coast Koh TraoreSabah154Malaysia Mohd Saufi IbrahimPos Malaysia125Malaysia Mohd Khyril Muhymeen ZambriKedah9Malaysia Mohd Farid IderisJohor96Malaysia Khairul Izuan AbdullahPDRM87Malaysia Muhd Khairul Akhyar HussainPDRM78Croatia Alen GućKedah6 Own goals RankPlayerForClubGoals1India Marlon Alex jamesSPAPDRM Clean sheets Most clean sheets: Fewest clean sheets: See also List of Liga Premier seasons 2013 Liga Super 2013 Malaysia FAM League 2013 Piala FA References External links Football Association of Malaysia Category:Malaysia Premier League seasons 2 Malaysia Malaysia